Howry Family Tree » William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas (1435-1484)
Personal data William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas
Source 1- He was born in the year 1435 in Drumlanrig Castle, Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
- He died on July 22, 1484 in Battle of Kirtle, Scotland, he was 49 years old.
Attention: Died 9 months (July 22, 1484) prior to the birth (??-??-1492) of child (James Douglas) .
Household of William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas
He is married to Lady Elizabeth Countess Huntly Crichton.
They got married on June 7, 1482 at Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, he was 47 years old.
Child(ren):
- Margaret Douglas ± 1462-1535
- Janet Douglas 1464-1512
- Agnes Douglas 1472-1519
- William Douglas 1475-1513
- David Pittendriech Douglas 1477-1528
- James Douglas 1492-1498
Ancestors (and descendant) of William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas
Sources
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Historical events
Day of marriage June 7, 1482
- Gravin Maria de Rijke (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1477 till 1482 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1482: Source: Wikipedia
- July 15 » Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
- August 24 » The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army.
Day of death July 22, 1484
- Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1484: Source: Wikipedia
- March 2 » The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
- March 26 » William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- July 6 » Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- July 22 » Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
- August 29 » Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
- December 5 » Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
Same birth/death day
- 1387 » Frans Ackerman, Flemish politician (b. 1330)
- 1461 » Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
- 1525 » Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1426)
- 1540 » John Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1487)
- 1550 » Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1481)
- 1581 » Richard Cox, English bishop (b. 1500)
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The Howry Family Tree publication was prepared by Ken Howry.
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Ken Howry, "Howry Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/howry-family-tree/I4451.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas (1435-1484)".
Ken Howry, "Howry Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/howry-family-tree/I4451.php : accessed May 2, 2025), "William 4th Laird Drumlanrig Douglas (1435-1484)".